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Trial reportClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2025

Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic IOLs in Patients with Uveitis - A Randomised Clinical Trial.

Sara Pålsson, Claes Schuborg, Bertil Sterner, Marita Andersson Grönlund, Madeleine Zetterberg

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Trial report in Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Sara PålssonDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience/Ophthalmology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Claes SchuborgRegion Västra Götaland, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Mölndal, Sweden.
Bertil SternerDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience/Ophthalmology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Marita Andersson GrönlundDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience/Ophthalmology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Madeleine ZetterbergDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience/Ophthalmology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: To compare inflammatory response, visual acuity, and complications of two intraocular lenses (IOLs) in patients with and without uveitis. Setting: Tertiary referral centre at Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Mölndal, Sweden. Design: Prospective randomised controlled trial. Patients and Methods: Patients with and without uveitis eligible for cataract surgery were randomised to receive a hydrophobic or a hydrophilic square-edged intraocular lens (IOL). Patients undergoing bilateral surgery received a hydrophobic IOL in one eye and a hydrophilic in the other. Visual acuity, flare, and central foveal thickness were used as outcome measures. Results: In total, 34 (61%) patients (52 eyes) with uveitis and 22 (39%) non-uveitic patients (38 eyes) were included in the study. Comparable corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) was seen, regardless of IOL material. Flare, six months postoperatively, for those undergoing bilateral surgery, showed no significant difference between eyes receiving a hydrophilic IOL or a hydrophobic IOL; mean difference was -3.2 (SD ± 20.7) ph/ms between eyes with uveitis (p = 0.53) and -0.6 SD ± 7.5 ph/ms between eyes without uveitis (p = 0.77). No significant difference in cystoid macular edema (CME) was seen for uveitic patients receiving a hydrophobic IOL (n = 2; 8.0%) and those receiving a hydrophilic IOL (n = 6; 22.2%; p = 0.25). Conclusion: No significant differences in postoperative inflammatory reaction or rate of CME were seen regardless of using a hydrophobic or a hydrophilic IOL. In general, an improvement in CDVA was seen after cataract surgery with both types of IOLs. Thus, the present study did not support either of the IOL materials as advantageous in patients with uveitis.

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biocompatibilitycataractcomplicationsimplantinflammation

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PMCPMC11806708

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